William R. Richards
27Patents
7h-index
49Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 3, 1988 → Nov 2, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5547777A | Fuel cell having uniform compressive stress distribution over active area | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 86 | Expired |
| US5786620A | Fermi-threshold field effect transistors including source/drain pocket implants and methods of fabricating same | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US8123915B2 | Alkaline electrolyzer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Active |
| US6237311A | Reverse mowing prevention device | Human Necessities | 9 | Expired |
| US9774322B1 | Gate driver for depletion-mode transistors | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US5381751A | Transportation and discharge of waste to abyssal depths | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Expired |
| US4956306A | Method for forming complementary patterns in a semiconductor material while using a single masking step | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US9947787B2 | Devices and methods for a power transistor having a schottky or schottky-like contact | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US10510869B2 | Devices and methods for a power transistor having a Schottky or Schottky-like contact | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US8646010B2 | Method and apparatus for providing bi-directional data services and live television programming to mobile platforms | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US10892362B1 | Devices for LDMOS and other MOS transistors with hybrid contact | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US7121789B2 | Arrangement for mounting a non-rotating component | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Expired |
| US11322611B2 | Methods for LDMOS and other MOS transistors with hybrid contact | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US10036813B2 | Verification of trustworthiness of position information transmitted from an aircraft via a communications satellite | Performing Operations; Transporting | 3 | Active |
| US8496428B2 | Banded turbine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Active |
| US10030995B2 | Controller for an aircraft tracker | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7921442B2 | Method and apparatus for simultaneous live television and data services using single beam antennas | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US7744344B2 | Vane coupling | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US11522053B2 | LDMOS with self-aligned body and hybrid source | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US8551304B2 | Alkaline electrolyzer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US12113106B2 | LDMOS with self-aligned body and hybrid source | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US11646371B2 | MOSFET transistors with hybrid contact | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US9841001B2 | Banded turbine | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US10511303B2 | Gate driver for depletion-mode transistors | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US8262337B2 | Utilization of renewable energy sources with a passively savonius rotor (PVSR) | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.